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Additions to the copepod parasites of South Indian fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

N. Krishna Pillai
N. Krishna Pillai
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Kerala, Trivandrum 7
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A collection of copepods from marine fishes, mainly elasmobranchs from South India was examined. Nine species are described of which six are new, one belonging to a new genus. The species described are Caligus dasyaticus Rangnekar, C. lepeophtheropsis sp.nov. Pseudopetalus dussumieri (Rangnekar), Dissonus sp., Nesippus vespa Kirtisinghe, Kroyeria minuta sp.nov., Eudactylina lancifera sp. nov., E. alata sp.nov., and Eudactylinopsis curvatus gen.nov., sp.nov.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 9 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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